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shes going to need some work but when im done it will be dropped 3 inches it will be gunmetal gray with a short bed all new inside redone in black leather and a 5.3 or 6.0 under the hood

what are your guys thoughts

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78 LUV [soon to be]

cant tell, is that a long bed? the frame is different between long and short beds
beyond that the truck looks great, rust free is a rare term for a luv, wickedmayhem has a 5.3 in his luv and he is happy with it, so in the spirit of oneupsmanship go 6.0

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

love4theluv ya it is a long bed and i found a 6.0 vortec for 1,800 on ebay so thats the way i might go and would you happen to know any places that have stuff for the luvs like grills,headlights,interior stuff,etc ....maybe a short bed

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78 LUV [soon to be]

heres some more pics

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78 LUV [soon to be]

theres some more

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78 LUV [soon to be]

only place to find those parts is from another luv nobody makes replacements, make sure to take care of the ones you have! to go shortbed you will have to shorten the frame by about a foot
the other misc stuff like headlights, suspension bushings etc can usually be found on rockauto.com
as for the dome light i havent seen one in that spot mine is above the back window.
the interior looks good tho, whatever you do DO NOT tear out the cracked dash because there are no repacements to be found, the dash cover replacement is around $800 bucks on ebay when they show up. i didnt know that when i tore mine out and i have been lookin at the metal under it ever since

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

im not going to shorten the frame what im going to do is take the cab and front clip off and put them on a 90s shortbed s10 frame under itcause it has a lot better suspension and the 5 lug bolt patter

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78 LUV [soon to be]

Have you ever seen that paint job on any other truck cause I have not and I was wondering if that was custom or not there's stickers on the windshield that say yellow jacket so idk?

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78 LUV [soon to be]

looks custom to me, there are some with a similar pattern but i havent seen one the same yet. i think the pattern is just common because it follows the body line

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

What do you think about putting an s10 frame under it?

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78 LUV [soon to be]

Ya it has to custom the stickers in the window saying YELLOW JACKET are mail box stickers

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78 LUV [soon to be]

nice ride, I have been anxious to switch over to either a short bed or a step-side (preferably stepside) for a while but the work involved in that is too much to justify doing it. Especially when taking into consideration the paint job I did and having to repaint the new bed in the event I ever did switch over. The long bed is nice though, and somewhat rare, I say keep it.